The United States and Iran are advancing toward a war-ending settlement, but disputes over nuclear inspection protocols are holding up final approval. According to NPR News, negotiators continue working through these disagreements. In a positive development, the shipping bottleneck strangling the Strait of Hormuz—one of the world's most critical trade routes—appears to be loosening.

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